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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had a meeting with OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, according to the president`s press service. ”Today, the OSCE faces unprecedented challenge when the aggression of one state-participant against Ukraine has virtually invalidated heritage of the Helsinki Final Act,” Poroshenko said, the press service...

The National Bank of Ukraine on Friday evening lowered the official hryvnia exchange rate by four kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 26.67 to the dollar. The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for September 12: $100 costs UAH 2,667.4886 (on September 9, it was UAH...

The Russian Federal Service for Technical and Export Control (FSTEC) on September 9 cancelled most of the earlier issued permits for diesel fuel exports to Ukraine, according to OilNews citing the importers of Russian diesel. ”On Friday, the majority of permits, earlier issued by FSTEC, were zeroed. Deliveries are halted. Ukrainian companies are...

Ukraine cannot get back the Crimea peninsula, although Russia took it by annexation, Czech President Milos Zeman was quoted as saying, according to The New York Times. ”An annexation means breaching international agreements and it is doubtless that agreements guaranteeing Ukraine`s territorial integrity were breached,” Zeman said in a response to...

The militants of the so-called Luhansk People`s Republic terrorist organization have denied the observers of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine access to the villages of Pionerske and Mykolaivka in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine`s Defense Ministry reported on...

The Ukrainian prime minister reaffirmed the government would continue its policy of developing own production and the eradicating corruption in the oil and gas sector through the elimination of shady schemes and ensuring publicity in oil and gas production. In case of a successful implementation of the program to build its own gas production,...

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe is not yet discussing the issue of deployment of its police mission in Donbas, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier told a news conference in Kyiv Friday, September 9. Mr Zannier said that at the moment, no discussion was held about the police mission, adding that the approval of all parties...

Ukraine`s Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Taras Kutovyi has urged Ukrainian deputies to show more commitment to supporting the development of the agricultural sector in the country, in particular, agricultural machinery and the growing of seeds. ”I am aware that the agricultural sector may not be a high-tech industry, and in terms of value...

Turkey is interested in developing cooperation with Ukraine in the military and industrial sectors, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry`s press service reported, referring to comments by Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik. Isik stressed that the improvement of Turkish relations with Russia would by no means impact the country`s relations with...

The industrial process control system within the Ukrainian gas transport system (GTS), in terms of safety and efficient provision of services on gas transportation and storage, has been certified based upon four international standards, which corresponds to the operating level of companies – GTS operators in Germany, France and Slovakia....